Intel
has bemoaned the fact that netbooks were not as profitable for it or
computer makers for a while now. Despite the fact that the company
would rather sell more expensive Core-based CPUs for full notebooks,
the netbook market has boomed and Intel has offered a steady stream
of new hardware to support the category.

Today at Computex in
Taiwan, Intel announced
its plans for the Atom processor line and showed off a
seriously thin concept netbook dubbed the Canoe
Lake
innovation platform. Canoe
Lake
is only 14mm thick making it the world's thinnest netbook. Intel also
highlighted the new Pine
Trail Atom
dual-core and Oak
Trail CPUs
that are optimized for netbooks and tablets.

Intel reports
that the new dual-core mobile Atom processors are in production now
and will be available by the winter holiday season later this year.
The new parts promise more performance and a more responsive
experience for the consumer.

Intel's Oak
Trail CPUs
will land in early 2011 and is described as the upcoming SoC Intel
Atom platform with optimizations for sleek tablet and netbook form
factors. The Oak
Trail
parts will deliver a 50 percent reduction in average power
consumption while supporting full HD video playback and supporting a
variety of OS' including MeeGo, Windows, and Google OS' like
Chrome.

Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanco said, "Acer will be
ready with MeeGo-based mobile devices. MeeGo's open software platform
will present our customers with another choice of a friendly,
easy-to-use operating system. We are pleased to collaborate with
Intel in our continuous drive to provide effortless technologies that
empower people at work, home - anytime, anywhere."